UK approach to climate change: Impacts and adaptation
... The Scottish Executive, National Assembly for Wales, Department of the Environment Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Environment and Heritage Service, Acordis, Arkleton Trust, Association of ...
... The Scottish Executive, National Assembly for Wales, Department of the Environment Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Environment and Heritage Service, Acordis, Arkleton Trust, Association of ...
The Impact of Decentralization and Urban Governance on
... by urban residents. These problems are exacerbated by the challenges brought on by the adverse impacts of climate change. Many Asian cities lack the mandate, resources and capability to deal with these multiple issues.2 The technical and political capacity of urban governments to deliver services de ...
... by urban residents. These problems are exacerbated by the challenges brought on by the adverse impacts of climate change. Many Asian cities lack the mandate, resources and capability to deal with these multiple issues.2 The technical and political capacity of urban governments to deliver services de ...
Climate Change, Human Rights and the Problem of Motivation
... entirely disappear beneath the waves, which would cause massive migration, with entire populations becoming not only climate migrants, but also climate exiles.12 A second internationally recognized human right threatened by climate change is the one to health. It can be defined as the right not to h ...
... entirely disappear beneath the waves, which would cause massive migration, with entire populations becoming not only climate migrants, but also climate exiles.12 A second internationally recognized human right threatened by climate change is the one to health. It can be defined as the right not to h ...
On predicting climate under climate change
... literatures but it is often taken to be relatively unimportant for decadal and multi-decadal climate prediction. If this source of uncertainty is not well quantified, however, then multi-model based probabilistic climate predictions will inevitably inherit the errors in the distributions representat ...
... literatures but it is often taken to be relatively unimportant for decadal and multi-decadal climate prediction. If this source of uncertainty is not well quantified, however, then multi-model based probabilistic climate predictions will inevitably inherit the errors in the distributions representat ...
www.ssoar.info Politics, geological past, and the future of earth
... isotopes in them could serve as proxy indicators and be used to reconstruct past climates. Using ice cores from US military drillings in Greenland, Dansgaard provided early climate reconstructions in the mid-1960s, now going back 100,000 years (Dansgaard 2005; Langway 2008; Martin-Nielsen 2013). Li ...
... isotopes in them could serve as proxy indicators and be used to reconstruct past climates. Using ice cores from US military drillings in Greenland, Dansgaard provided early climate reconstructions in the mid-1960s, now going back 100,000 years (Dansgaard 2005; Langway 2008; Martin-Nielsen 2013). Li ...
related paper by Mann (PDF)
... applying the laws of physics (fluid dynamics and radiation balance) and principles of chemistry and biology to describe the behavior of the components of the climate system (the ocean, the atmosphere, ice sheets, and the terrestrial and marine biosphere) and the interactions between them. These mode ...
... applying the laws of physics (fluid dynamics and radiation balance) and principles of chemistry and biology to describe the behavior of the components of the climate system (the ocean, the atmosphere, ice sheets, and the terrestrial and marine biosphere) and the interactions between them. These mode ...
How Does Climate Change Affect Agricultural Stability in Southeast
... island nations in particular. One region of the world where the effects of climate change are being felt particularly hard is southeast and equatorial Africa. Because of inadequate economic, development, and institutional capacity, countries in this region are more likely to be vulnerable to the imp ...
... island nations in particular. One region of the world where the effects of climate change are being felt particularly hard is southeast and equatorial Africa. Because of inadequate economic, development, and institutional capacity, countries in this region are more likely to be vulnerable to the imp ...
NAME - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... of climate change, coordination, integration, and improvement of the operative systems for atmospheric and hydrological prediction (observing system improvement, conventional and remote sensing data assimilation, model transferability, etc.) The participation of the CLIVAR-GEWEX Group in the GEF Pro ...
... of climate change, coordination, integration, and improvement of the operative systems for atmospheric and hydrological prediction (observing system improvement, conventional and remote sensing data assimilation, model transferability, etc.) The participation of the CLIVAR-GEWEX Group in the GEF Pro ...
Philosophy of Climate Science Part I: Observing
... initial conditions ensemble is evolved forward under the climate model until t1 under constant external conditions c (e.g. Lorenz 1995; Stone and Knutti 2010).1 Many philosophers have expressed their concerns that this definition is rather peculiar and has little, if anything, to do with our intuiti ...
... initial conditions ensemble is evolved forward under the climate model until t1 under constant external conditions c (e.g. Lorenz 1995; Stone and Knutti 2010).1 Many philosophers have expressed their concerns that this definition is rather peculiar and has little, if anything, to do with our intuiti ...
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... This paper addresses a question that is often in the back of people’s minds when, in the wealthy countries, there is discussion about climate change. This question, which is more often dodged than addressed, is: will we in the rich countries need to rearrange our lives so as to make do with signific ...
... This paper addresses a question that is often in the back of people’s minds when, in the wealthy countries, there is discussion about climate change. This question, which is more often dodged than addressed, is: will we in the rich countries need to rearrange our lives so as to make do with signific ...
The climate of the United Kingdom and recent trends
... and UK climate trends, to provide an historical context for the future climate change projections. These have been welcomed by users, who have requested a similar feature as part of the report accompanying the next set of scenarios, UKCP09, planned for launch in late 2008, and these are shown in Sec ...
... and UK climate trends, to provide an historical context for the future climate change projections. These have been welcomed by users, who have requested a similar feature as part of the report accompanying the next set of scenarios, UKCP09, planned for launch in late 2008, and these are shown in Sec ...
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... new niches appear.10 Furthermore, studies suggest that increases in temperature, even if small in magnitude, may have negative impact on tropical insects, including beneficial insects, because they may already be living in an environment very close to their optimal temperature.11 Hosts and pathogens ...
... new niches appear.10 Furthermore, studies suggest that increases in temperature, even if small in magnitude, may have negative impact on tropical insects, including beneficial insects, because they may already be living in an environment very close to their optimal temperature.11 Hosts and pathogens ...
Climate change
... Climate Challenge – Get the facts on the world’s hottest topic” to attract visitors to study the exhibition panels. This activity is designed to provide the facts on climate change science as they are currently understood by the world’s best scientists. Consider the following statement about climate ...
... Climate Challenge – Get the facts on the world’s hottest topic” to attract visitors to study the exhibition panels. This activity is designed to provide the facts on climate change science as they are currently understood by the world’s best scientists. Consider the following statement about climate ...
AEC Report - Climate Change Roadmap
... URBAN HEAT ISLAND An Urban Heat Island develops when hard surfaces (concrete, bitumen) absorb heat during the day and release it at night increasing temperatures in built up areas. The increased temperature can impact on energy use due to increased use of air conditioners and can also magnify health ...
... URBAN HEAT ISLAND An Urban Heat Island develops when hard surfaces (concrete, bitumen) absorb heat during the day and release it at night increasing temperatures in built up areas. The increased temperature can impact on energy use due to increased use of air conditioners and can also magnify health ...
Atmosphere and Climate Change Section 1
... • Sunlight streams through the atmosphere and heats the Earth. As this heat radiates up from Earth’s surface, some of it escapes into space. • The rest of the heat is absorbed by gases in the troposphere and warms the air. • This process of heat absorption is called the greenhouse effect. ...
... • Sunlight streams through the atmosphere and heats the Earth. As this heat radiates up from Earth’s surface, some of it escapes into space. • The rest of the heat is absorbed by gases in the troposphere and warms the air. • This process of heat absorption is called the greenhouse effect. ...
Guidelines for Writing Introductory Philosophy Papers One major
... In this case, I think that the conclusion is somewhat implicit. We get an important clue in the final passage where the author claims, “Unfortunately, this "balance" does not always correspond with the actual prevalence of each view within society, and can result in unintended bias. This has been th ...
... In this case, I think that the conclusion is somewhat implicit. We get an important clue in the final passage where the author claims, “Unfortunately, this "balance" does not always correspond with the actual prevalence of each view within society, and can result in unintended bias. This has been th ...
Climate change and food security in regional Inuit centers
... on policy linkages, and has sought to identify opportunities and priorities for adaptation intervention to enhance food security among high risk populations in the context of rapid current and future change, working closely with decision makers at multiple levels. In the final year of the project (2 ...
... on policy linkages, and has sought to identify opportunities and priorities for adaptation intervention to enhance food security among high risk populations in the context of rapid current and future change, working closely with decision makers at multiple levels. In the final year of the project (2 ...
Workshop summary
... ASEAN. While Asia and the pacific is home to more than half the world’s undernourished, strong growth in ASEAN has meant that it has fared better than other countries in Asia improving access to food and nutritional standards. But, there are still a significant proportion of undernourished people in ...
... ASEAN. While Asia and the pacific is home to more than half the world’s undernourished, strong growth in ASEAN has meant that it has fared better than other countries in Asia improving access to food and nutritional standards. But, there are still a significant proportion of undernourished people in ...
published in Global Environmental Change in 2011
... there is a striking degree of scientific agreement in this respect, particularly amongst scientists directly researching the issue: Doran and Zimmerman’s (2009) survey found that 97% of climate scientists agreed that human activity is contributing to climate change. Policy-makers have responded by i ...
... there is a striking degree of scientific agreement in this respect, particularly amongst scientists directly researching the issue: Doran and Zimmerman’s (2009) survey found that 97% of climate scientists agreed that human activity is contributing to climate change. Policy-makers have responded by i ...
Summary report on the in-session workshop held at the first
... observed extreme climate events, suggesting whether or not they were caused by climate change. It also illustrated the effect of increases in global average temperature on the risks to unique and threatened systems, on large-scale discontinuities and extreme weather events, as well as on aggregated ...
... observed extreme climate events, suggesting whether or not they were caused by climate change. It also illustrated the effect of increases in global average temperature on the risks to unique and threatened systems, on large-scale discontinuities and extreme weather events, as well as on aggregated ...
Executive Summary - Climate Change Action Plan
... causing changes in weather patterns and a (slow) rise in sea level, among other impacts. Climate change is no longer contested – within the scientific community, and it is happening now, with severe impacts predicted over the short, medium and long-term. The 2010-2011 Horn of Africa crisis demonstra ...
... causing changes in weather patterns and a (slow) rise in sea level, among other impacts. Climate change is no longer contested – within the scientific community, and it is happening now, with severe impacts predicted over the short, medium and long-term. The 2010-2011 Horn of Africa crisis demonstra ...
Decision X/33 Biodiversity and climate change
... and regulatory mechanisms for geo-engineering, and in accordance with the precautionary approach and Article 14 of the Convention, that no climate-related geo-engineering activities3 that may affect biodiversity take place, until there is an adequate scientific basis on which to justify such activit ...
... and regulatory mechanisms for geo-engineering, and in accordance with the precautionary approach and Article 14 of the Convention, that no climate-related geo-engineering activities3 that may affect biodiversity take place, until there is an adequate scientific basis on which to justify such activit ...